“We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.”
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Stray Birds (1916)
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Bengali polymath 1861–1941Related quotes
“Better the absence of greatness than the establishing of a false greatness by assumed humility.”
Meher Baba’s Call (1954)
Context: Better the absence of greatness than the establishing of a false greatness by assumed humility. Not only do these efforts at humility on man's part not express strength, they are, on the contrary, expressions of modesty born of weakness, which springs from a lack of knowledge of the truth of Reality.
Beware of modesty. Modesty, under the cloak of humility, invariably leads one into the clutches of self-deception. Modesty breeds egoism, and man eventually succumbs to pride through assumed humility.
The greatest greatness and the greatest humility go hand in hand naturally and without effort.
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Modern Love http://www.ev90481.dial.pipex.com/Meredith/modern_love.htm (1862)
“The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.”
Pearls of Wisdom
“Even great men bow before the Sun; it melts hubris into humility.”
Don't Obstruct the Sun http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/don-t-obstruct-the-sun/
From the poems written in English
Source: Charles Dickens (1906), Ch 1 : "The Dickens Period"